EDS crews deployed for over 200 days help victims of Hurricane Helene
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Emergency Disaster Services is experiencing their longest deployment in history. The team is still helping keep first responders afloat as they pick up the pieces from Hurricane Helene. “It’s just devastation. It’s a complete loss. It’s crazy that water can be that powerful,” EDS Senior Project Manager for North Carolina, Matt […]
Emergency Disaster Services workers spend months on the road to rebuild communities after disasters
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — It’s been nearly two months since Helene left its mark on North Carolina. Matt Daley is the director of communications and logistics with Emergency Disaster Services, a Lexington company who set out to provide services to utility workers working to restore power to areas hit hard by disasters. He says […]
‘All hands are on deck’: A look inside Georgia Power’s temporary homebase
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Dozens of trailers are parked in the Savannah Fairgrounds lot, serving as homebase for Georgia Power crews. 1,500 linemen and staff are living on the site provided by Emergency Disaster Services. “We activate these for multi-day storm restoration. And this is a big one! So, it’s just extremely critical when we […]
A local company is helping Florida recover from Helene, and Kentuckians are leading the charge
LEXINGTON, KY — Florida residents are on a long road to recovery from Hurricane Helene, with thousands still without power. Emergency Disaster Services, a company located in Lexington, deals with areas currently experiencing disasters. Matt Daley, a Director of Emergency Disaster Services, is in Florida trying to help those affected by Helene by providing base […]
Lexington-based company heads to Florida to help as Helene rolls in
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – “When people packed a bag, it was not the small bag. It was the big bag this time,” said Matt Daley. Daley works with Emergency Disaster Services and is just one of those who packed the “big bag” to head to Tallahassee, Florida, along with his Kentucky crew to help out […]
Lexington-based Emergency Disaster Services aid in Louisiana after Hurricane Francine
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Lexington’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) provides a base camp location for utility workers. Right now, they are in Louisiana to support workers on the front lines following Hurricane Francine. In the aftermath of the storm, people across Louisiana faced power outages and flooding. Crews from Lexington-based Emergency Disaster Services are in […]
KU and other Kentuckians helping after Debby slams the southeast
(WKYT) – Debby has been wreaking havoc across the southeast, making landfall as a hurricane in Florida early Monday morning and then again as a tropical storm in South Carolina early Thursday. Many groups from Kentucky, including Kentucky Utilities and Emergency Disaster Services, have been in the southeast helping provide relief. “This week, we’ve […]
Kentucky organizations preparing to aid southeastern US in Debby recovery
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Some Kentuckians are preparing to send crews to Georgia and Florida to assist with relief efforts in the wake of tropical storm Debby. “Our crews will be on standby for those who are going down to help with mutual aid. And then after that water subsides, and you see all […]
Kentuckians help out with Hurricane Beryl cleanup efforts in Houston
Kentuckians are helping out with cleanup efforts in Texas after Hurricane Beryl made landfall earlier this week. The U.S. death toll from the storm has risen to at least 10. Emergency Disaster Services, a logistics firm based in Lexington, is responding to Beryl. Almost all of the workers are from Kentucky including truck drivers carrying […]
Kentuckians helping in Beryl’s aftermath
KENTUCKY (WKYT) – In Kentucky, we are no stranger to cleaning up after a storm but this week, Kentuckians are headed to Texas to help with relief in the wake of Hurricane Beryl’s damage. “It means a lot to help. You know it matters to us to help other utilities in other states and other […]